Texas Motor Speedway officials announced today that only a few spots remain open for the upcoming Speedway Children’s Charities-Texas Chapter’s Tony Stewart “Smoke Show” Fantasy Camp at Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday, August 16.

Billed as the “Smoke Show,” the premier driving school is hosted by Stewart. Since it began four years ago, some $676,000 has been raised for children in North Texas. The event is the highest-grossing, single-day event for the Speedway Children’s Charities-Texas Chapter.

A typical day at the “Smoke Show” features Stewart spending the day with the campers. The participants get to walk in the shoes of a NASCAR driver on race day. Campers begin in a professional-style locker room with personalized firesuits and participate in pre- and post-race festivities around their driving experience. There are also pre-race introductions, parade laps and the National Anthem are on the agenda as well as a Texas Motor Speedway Victory Lane celebration with the winner’s trophy and revolvers.

Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart (right) stands by the side of one of the participants, Mark Beatty, as he fires off the Beretta six-shooters in a Victory Lane celebration two years ago at the Smoke Show charity fantasy camp to benefit Speedway Children's Charities-Texas Chapter at Texas Motor Speedway. Photo courtesy of Texas Motor Speedway.

TMS officials said that in addition to Stewart’s pre-race instructional speech and coaching, Stewart will give each participant a ride in a two-seater stock car around the high banks of TMS. Stewart will also join participants for a special dinner and auction; and take part in a Q&A session. During the dinner and auction, which is hosted by KXAS-NBC sports reporter and producer Rontina McCann, campers will be presented with a certificate of completion highlighted with their fastest lap of the day and have the opportunity to bid on unique racing items, including a custom “Smoke Show” rifle provided by Turnbull Manufacturing.

The cost to participate in the “Smoke Show” charity event is $6,000 and it is tax deductible. For those who would like to attend just the dinner and auction, a limited amount of seats are available at $250 each.

For more information on the “Smoke Show,” contact Speedway Children’s Charities-Texas Chapter at (817) 215-8564 or visit www.scctexas.org.